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Meaning of more by accident than design in English

more by accident than design

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because of luck and not because of skill or organization:
The play was a success more by accident than design.
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Chance and randomness
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(Definition of more by accident than design from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)

Examples of more by accident than design

more by accident than design
In this regard, we use the term 'chance' because some individuals find themselves with employers who provide good occupational schemes more by accident than design.
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It is pleasing, though more by accident than design, that these papers cover nearly the whole development process: synthesis, transformation, analysis and debugging.
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Translations of more by accident than design

in Chinese (Traditional)
與其說是人為還不如說因為幸運, 由於機緣巧合而非有意安排…
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in Chinese (Simplified)
与其说是人为还不如说因为幸运, 由于机缘巧合而非有意安排…
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in Spanish
más por accidente que por diseño…
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in Portuguese
mais por acidente do que por competência…
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